Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We’ve deployed more than $10B across 400+ AI & cloud companies in the past four decades and have been fortunate to partner with many exceptional cloud & AI founders globally.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

He followed in the footsteps of his father who left Jewish oppression in Romania to create a new existence. It’s the global struggle for a better life. He arrived in the US in his 20′s with nothing and a dream to make a better life for his family. My dad is the American dream. My mom has an accent, too.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 24, 2013

In 2010, Cristian and Mircea arrived in Vancouver from Romania to start a new company. This program is sure to raise Canada’s profile within the global technology community, sending a signal to the best and brightest that we’re open for business. The initiative was inspired by the immigration struggles of the talented Summify team.

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Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

In fact, what we are doing has been on line for some time for those who wanted to seek it out – the secret , has been out a while on this Ignite talk I did at a global digital event as linked below: A Stranger From Romania. It is done. We have succeeded. 25K give or take.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

In addition, the University of Oxford boasts that the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship is the leading global entity for the advancement of social entrepreneurship. Read more about Ashoka’s approach to supporting global social entrepreneurship here. Back in the U.S., and the U.S.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Incubators and accelerators have provided a tremendous boost to the start-up ecosystem, but the arena also requires another medium to step in for those accelerator graduates – one that helps them scale, go global, and gain critical traction to attract market interest and investment.

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BeyondVC

MAY 11, 2004

However, in the long run, given the competitiveness and cost increase of doing business in India, I am sure that many companies will increasingly look to other locales with strong talent and less competition like Belarus, Romania, Argentina, Russia, and China. I am already seeing that happen.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 12, 2019

Fast forward three years – Europe has proven that it can produce amazing global software companies. Accel has been on the ground in Europe backing the best founders and helping software companies go global for the past 20 years, believing strongly that the European software ecosystem would rise and reach the global stage.

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Europe Romania Israel Cloud 48

BeyondVC

MAY 11, 2004

However, in the long run, given the competitiveness and cost increase of doing business in India, I am sure that many companies will increasingly look to other locales with strong talent and less competition like Belarus, Romania, Argentina, Russia, and China. I am already seeing that happen.

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Offshore India Cost Belarus 60

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2013

After this short initial introduction and “global positioning”, that needed to be done, I can continue with shameless self promotion! 12 Questions: Meet Mircea Constantinescu (Romania). I’m no exception to this rule, as you’ll see from the works presented here. Hvala Bojan!

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. Before jumping into the list, let’s have a quick look at what’s been a very special year in many ways for the cloud ecosystem globally and in Europe. 2020 Cloud Market: Is The Sky the Limit? What’s Next?

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Europe Cloud Silicon Valley Israel 71

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Now we see weird case of designer from Nigeria collaborating with APP developer from Romania building a product which Intellectual Property is registered in Netherlands and LLC registered in Boston. Global Innovation Exchange : Great place for people looking to promote their ideas and get funding. Just how cool is that?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 16, 2010

Even though $300 USD a month may not seem like much to someone living in a developed country, in Thailand, or Romania, the Philippines, or India, it’s above the average monthly wage. So how can outsourcing overseas, when the pay rate seems so terribly small compared to the amount of time put in by the worker, be considered fair?

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Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission Hiring Thailand 111

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 29, 2020

Highlights from the show Radu on his background and what he was doing before HelpWithCovid.com (2:53) Radu on being a builder and his experiences with YCombinator (4:04) Radu's quarantine life and his parents quarantine life in Romania. (5:45) Eric Ries : You're originally from Romania, right? 18:06) The tech that powers the site. (19:22)

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Romania Silicon Valley Matching Cofounder 60

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Latin America. Middle East. 5th August 2012 by Christopher Jackson.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 13, 2017

UK, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. The Global Gender Gap Report is a fabulous example how to solve this problem. (This is embarrassing but I was surprised how big Italy is, and how small Sweden is.). The clusters of countries next to each other, for the sake of cleaner lines, all by itself has a built-in message. Cyprus and Ireland.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 14, 2020

What an incredible journey for this company born in Romania. UiPath and Daniel Dines are the perfect example of a company founded locally but scaled globally. At Accel, we love SaaS and Cloud and have invested close to $4B in 230+ companies globally. This new financing of $225m valuing the company at a post-money of $10.2B

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Silicon Valley Europe Cloud Romania 71

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

UiPath – originally from Romania, UiPath pioneered the RPA (Robotic Process Automation) category and experienced meteoric growth in recent years and raised almost a billion dollars to date. Notably missing from this list are Unity , Bytedance , Spotify and several other global unicorns.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

My family was also Jewish (my father’s father fled Jewish oppression in Romania and his mother from the Ukraine) so in fact I am Jewtino. Non-Arab muslims alone represent > 2x the entire US population and globally all Muslims are 1.6 But childhood sure didn’t feel that way. billion or 23% of the world population.

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